Development of a stereological method to measure levels of fluoropyrimidine metabolizing enzymes in tumor sections using laser scanning cytometry

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-71

  Megyeri, Attila ^a,b   Bacsó, Zsolt ^b   Shields, Anthony ^a   Eliason, James F ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c Asterand   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser scanning cytometry; Phantom contouring; Quantitative immunofluorescence; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; DOXIFLURIDINE; ENZYME; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRODRUG; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DEVICE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETER; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLOXURIDINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; NEOPLASMS; PYRIMIDINES; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

EID: 17044425614     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20121     Document Type: Article

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